Partnering with the San Francisco Unified School District, the Justice & Diversity Center’s Law Academy program encourages and increases career opportunities for underserved and ethnically diverse students in Balboa High School in San Francisco. Creative and inspiring curriculum is built into several core classes where junior and senior…
Lewis Feinberg Latest Firm to Join Leaders Circle
BASF is pleased to introduce its newest Leader Circle firm – Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. Founded in 1983, Lewis Feinberg is a 17-attorney law firm based in Oakland. The firm is nationally recognized for fighting to improve conditions for workers all over the United…
Six Law Students Chosen to Receive Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) of The Bar Association of San Francisco recently announced the recipients of its 2014 Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarships. Thanks to the generosity of donors, six scholarships will be awarded to minority students…
Circuits Split Over Health Exchange Subsidies
In a development that may ultimately make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, two federal appellate rulings were issued on Tuesday that took contradictory stances on a key element of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). At issue is whether…
Free Screening of Award-Winning Documentary: The House I Live In
Join Charlotte Street Films and the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association for a free screening of the award-winning documentary The House I Live In, on Friday July 11 at the Delancey Street Foundation in San Francisco. Following the screening…
Bingham McCutchen Hosts Oscar-Winning Filmmaker for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration
To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, BASF Leader Circle Firm Bingham McCutchen’s West Coast offices welcomed Academy Award-winning director Steven Okazaki and Margaret Zachow Wetherbee, curator for the Japanese American National Museum. Clients and industry contacts joined Bingham lawyers and staff for a screening of Okazaki’s documentary “Days of…
Meet Tyler Hill: Fall 2015 Destination is Law School
Diversity Pipeline Programs Manager Nicole Britton-Snyder recently caught up with Tyler Hill, a participant in BASF’s Destination Law School (DLS) program who is currently applying to law school for fall 2015. Tyler, who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2013, spoke about her expectations for law school, what she hopes to do with her…
Antitrust Attorney Branches Out to Protect Consumers
The Justice & Diversity Center (JDC) is pleased to spotlight Jubilee Menzies of Andrus Anderson as our Volunteer of the Month for July 2014. Menzies began volunteering with JDC in 2011 with the Consumer Project, which provides legal advice, assistance and limited or full-scope representation to low-income consumers…